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diff --git a/build_tools/clarch/larch/docs/html/larch_intro.html b/build_tools/clarch/larch/docs/html/larch_intro.html deleted file mode 100644 index 8584186..0000000 --- a/build_tools/clarch/larch/docs/html/larch_intro.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,128 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> -<html> - -<head> - <meta content="text/html;charset=UTF-8" http-equiv="Content-Type" /> - <title>larch introduction</title> - <meta content="gradgrind" name="author" /> -</head> - -<body> - -<table style="text-align: left; width: 100%;" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> - <tbody> - <tr> - <td><a href="larch_docindex.html">Table of Contents</a></td> - - <td><a href="larch_features.html">Next: Features</a></td> - </tr> - </tbody> -</table> - -<br /> - -<h1><big>larch</big> – a do-it-yourself live <em>Arch Linux</em> CD</h1> - -<img style="border: 0px solid ; width: 320px; height: 320px;" alt="" src="larch1.jpg" - name="graphics1" align="right" hspace="10" vspace="10" /> -<br /><br /> - -<h2>Introduction</h2> - -<p><em>larch</em> is a collection of scripts designed around the creation and -use of live CD/DVD/USB-stick versions of <em>Arch Linux</em>. -</p> - -<p>One design aim was easy customization, so that even relatively inexperienced -users could build personalized live CDs (etc.), containing whatever packages they -wanted and with their own personal configurations. The resulting medium should -also be usable for installation purposes, so that one has a customized -<em>Arch Linux</em> installation/rescue medium. As the content can be chosen -freely, a comfortable working environment is possible - in contrast to -the rather Spartan standard <em>Arch</em> installation CD. -</p> - -<p><em>larch</em> also offers a flexible approach to building your live media. -You can use 'profiles' to determine what gets installed, and how it is -configured. The advantage of this method is that all your specifications are -kept together in a folder which can be used to rebuild the same or a similar -system at a later date. Alternatively you can do a normal <em>Arch Linux</em> -installation (if there is such a thing!) and then make a live medium from this. -You can even 'livify' your existing installation (though it might be worth -tidying it up a bit first ...). -</p> - -<p><em>Squashfs</em> offers convenient compression of the data on the CD so that -up to about 2 GB of code can be included on a 700 MB CD. <em>aufs</em> (a -'unification' file system, originally based on <em>unionfs</em>) offers -the ability to write to all directories even though -the CDROM is read-only, which allows such fancy stuff as installation -of new software packages to the running live system. Using <em>aufs</em> -you could do, say, 'pacman -S fluxbox' and <em>fluxbox</em> would be -installed. The limit to the amount of overwriting is determined by the size of -the available memory. -</p> - -<p>All this would normally be gone when you reboot as the changes are -really only stored in memory. However, thanks to various technical wizardry, it -is also possible (on suitable media) to save any changes you make while running -the live system back to the medium on shutdown. -</p> - -<p>Hardware detection is provided by the same <em>udev</em> approach as is used -in a standard <em>Arch Linux</em> system. -</p> - -<p>The <em>larch</em> project comprises several components. The scripts for -building a larch live medium are in the <em>larch</em> package, which need not -itself be installed in the live system, though it may be useful. Scripts and -data for the live environment are provided in the <em>larch-live</em> package, -which must be installed in the live system. There is also an optional installer -(<em>larchin</em>, written in python and bash, with a <em>GTK</em> interface) which -can install the live system to hard disk, providing a convenient way to install a -ready-configured <em>Arch Linux</em> system. -</p> - -<p>I have tried to maintain the distribution-independence of the -<em>larch</em> scripts, so that they can be used on other <em>GNU/Linux</em> systems - -you shouldn't need an <em>Arch Linux</em> installation in order to build a <em>larch</em> -live medium, the dependencies (e.g. <em>bash</em>, <em>wget</em>, -<em>mkisofs</em> ) should be satisfied on pretty well any <em>GNU/Linux</em> system -(and a static version of <em>pacman</em> can be downloaded). In other words, -it should not be difficult to generate your own customized <em>larch</em> -CD on pretty well any <em>GNU/Linux</em> system. -But I must admit that this feature hasn't been tested much. -</p> - -<p>As with most stuff around <em>Arch Linux</em> -it's not really designed for beginners - you should know your -way around a <em>GNU/Linux</em> system (preferably <em>Arch</em>!), and have at least a -minimal idea of running command-line stuff and editing configuration -files. In any case, I hope that the -documentation will be clear enough to help anyone who wants to exploit -<em>larch</em> to the full (feedback is welcome!).</p> - -<p><b>Requirement:</b> -You need quite a lot of space to create an <em>Arch Linux</em> live CD system - to build a -700MB CD image you'll need up to about 4GB. That is because a complete <em>Arch Linux</em> -system is installed, then a compressed ('squashed') verion is made, and then -a CD image (iso). Building for a USB-stick requires slightly less space, as the -iso-image is not built. -</p> - -<br /><br /> - -<table style="text-align: left; width: 100%;" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> - <tbody> - <tr> - - <td><a href="larch_docindex.html">Table of Contents</a></td> - - <td><a href="larch_features.html">Next: Features</a></td> - - </tr> - </tbody> -</table> - -</body> -</html> |